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The Senior Planner updated his report. The wording of
Paragraph 9.37 within the committee report has been amended to:
The Committee made the following comments in
response to the report.
i.
The application was on a sensitive
site. It could exacerbate existing traffic issues in the area.
ii.
Officers should consult the Highways
Authority, Public Transport Team and Combined Authority when seeking comments
on highway matters.
In response to Members’ questions the
Assistant Director and Senior Planner said the following:
i.
Specialist
advice had been sought from the County Transport Team. They had suggested no
changes to the application, after reviewing the accompanying Transport
Strategy, due to the extant permission. The Highways Authority had liaised with
the Public Transport Team with regard to cycling provision. On-going discussions were held with the
Combined Authority to check which applications they wished to be consulted on.
This application was not of sufficient scale to warrant formal consultation.
ii.
There was
an agreed timescale to bring forward the North East Cambridge Area Action Plan.
The City Planning Policy Team were liaising with the
County Transport Team in case interim guidance for smaller scale developments
was required to ensure consistent development in the area before the Area
Action Plan was adopted.
iii.
Officers
had taken specialist advice (agenda pack P21) at face value that the
development would not have a significant impact on transport in the area.
iv.
(Ref para
2.7 P14). The number of car parking spaces had reduced from the amount in the
extant permission. A condition had been included requiring a Traffic Management
Plan.
v.
Traffic
modelling was based on the original extant permission numbers, so the
application should now have less of an impact in the area as the number of car
parking spaces had reduced from 116 to 96.
vi.
There were
a number of targets in the Travel Plan to encourage a modal shift from cars to
other forms of transport. If the modal shift did not occur, some form of
mitigation would be required.
vii.
It was not
possible stipulate that a gas
assisted system for two tier cycle racking system must be in place, but an
informative recommending one could be included.
viii.
Officers would draw the
applicant’s attention to Members’ request for fire proof cladding and a
sprinkler system through an informative. Details would be covered through
building regulations.
ix.
Materials would remain the same as
extant permission approved in 2017. Conditions would control the look and
quality of materials, they would be assessed in
detail. The issue of the cladding could be dealt with as part of this
conditions submission. Officers would
ensure appropriate landscaping was provided as per condition 5.
x.
Conditions
would control the future provision of electric vehicle charging points. The
Sustainability Officer was satisfied that sufficient points had been provided.
The situation would be monitored through the discharge of the condition.
Councillor de Lacey proposed an amendment to
the officer’s recommendation to include informative requesting a gas assisted
system for two tier cycle racking system.
This amendment was carried unanimously.
Councillor Bradnam proposed amendments to
the officer’s recommendation to include informatives requesting high quality
fire resistant materials and a sprinkler system
These amendments were carried unanimously.
Councillor Thornburrow proposed an amendment
to the officer’s recommendation to include a bird and bat boxes condition.
This amendment was carried unanimously.
The Committee:
Unanimously resolved to grant the application
for planning permission in accordance with the officer recommendation, for the
reasons set out in the officer report, and subject to the conditions
recommended by the officers plus the amendments below.
Amended wording of
condition No.4 (materials):
Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, with the
exception of below ground works, full details including samples of the
materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces (including
the grey fibre cement cladding) shall be submitted to and approved in writing
by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance
with the approved details.
Reason: To ensure that the appearance of the external surfaces is
appropriate. (Cambridge Local Plan 2018 policies 55 and 57)
Amended triggers of conditions 9,10,12,13:
The
triggers of conditions 9, 10, 12, and 13 were amended from ‘or phase of’ to ‘or
each phase of development where phased’ to ensure consistency with condition
11.
Additional condition- (No.33) - Bird and bat boxes
No development shall commence until a plan has been submitted to and
approved in writing by the Local Authority detailing the proposed
specification, number and locations of bird and bat boxes on the site. The installation shall be carried out and
subsequently maintained in accordance with the approved plan.
Reasons: to provide ecological enhancements for protected species on the
site. In accordance with Cambridge Local Plan policy 70.
Amended wording of paragraph 8.45
The energy
strategy remains consistent with the original application 16/2058/FUL with
additional PV placement on the roof to ensure the building design adopts
sustainable principles to provide at least 10% of the developments total
predicted energy requirements on site from renewable energy sources.
Additional informative: Sprinkler system
The Local Planning Authority strongly advises the applicant to install
an adequate fire sprinkler system within the development site in order to
protect the future employees, the property and the environment.
Additional informative: Gas
assisted system for two tier racking system
The Local Planning Authority recommends that the two tier cycle rack
system approved as part of the development be gas assisted to improve the
usability of the system for all cyclists.
Additional informative: High quality
materials
The Local Planning Authority advises the applicant to ensure that the
proposed materials for the external surfaces are of a high quality and the
cladding material will not impose increased risks in terms of fire
safety/combustion issues.
